Homiletic Commentary Nehemiah 5:1-13 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.… I. THE UNENDING STRUGGLE. Wealth and poverty, knowledge and ignorance, brain and brawn, capital and labour — when in all ages have not these come into collision? II. ELEMENTS OF BITTERNESS IN THIS STRUGGLE. 1. On the side of the oppressors there is power (ver. 7). 2. The oppressed are the brethren of the oppressors. 3. They were engaged in a common cause. III. LIGHT IN DARENESS. 1. Christ cams to proclaim the brotherhood of humanity. 2. Signs of the times. The teacher is abroad. Society is tending towards redress. (Homiletic Commentary.) Parallel Verses KJV: And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.WEB: Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews. |
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